fortunately
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2.5
- adverb
- /ˈfɔːrtʃənətli/
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afortunadamente
- Fortunately, my favorite restaurant was open when I arrived.
- Fortunately, most people
- Fortunately, resources exist
- Fortunately, an increasing number
Yeah, man, Fortunately I didn't get that back.
- Yeah, man, Fortunately I didn't get that back.
- That's a small family, but it's fortunately a very important one.
- And so fortunately for us, we haven't had any attrition yet.
- And so fortunately, the headmaster suddenly said maybe he can't hear.
- Now fortunately that is not actually what's continuing.
- So fortunately, I, I still have that guy's number.
- So fortunately I never found myself in that situation.
- And fortunately, I guess this, the statistics are in my favor.
- But fortunately there hasn't been much contagion to the real economy.
- But fortunately, we were quite financially strong at that time.
- And fortunately, I've actually mostly forgotten all of them.
Examples
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So fortunately I never found myself in that situation.
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Fortunately, an increasing number of options are available to assist practitioners in acquiring the necessary training.
Academic text (2011) -
Well, fortunately for me, my concept was always thinking big.
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But fortunately, we were quite financially strong at that time.
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Fortunately, I have a cure for that.
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I knew something wasn't right, but fortunately, within a few minutes, I felt fine.
Blog text (1) -
But fortunately, there's an upside to this story.
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Fortunately, we had Mr. Sauvage.
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And so fortunately for us, we haven't had any attrition yet.
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Gaddis, fortunately, does believe that Stalin had a master plan for Germany.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
284
1.0
By good chance in a way that turns out well
131
1.6
To show relief or thanks when something worrying ends well
83
1.0
By good luck, a person or thing turns out well
7
5.4
Happens by chance in a lucky, helpful way
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5.2
In a way that brings relief and makes you feel thankful
4
7.5
By lucky chance when something happens unexpectedly
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7.7
In a way that happens by chance and brings a good result
By chance something happens, often in a good or bad way
Antonyms
How Fortunate
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8.8
2
7.7
425
2.5
60
4.9
66
2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fortunately comes from the Latin word fortuna, which means 'luck' or 'chance' and is the same root as fortune and fortunate. So when you say something happened fortunately, you mean it happened 'by luck' or 'luckily'.